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China takes new step to rein in lending, inflation (AP)
China blasts US congressional report on currency (AP)
Woman may be 'first in China' persecuted over tweet (AFP)
China raises bank reserves as inflation fight intensifies (Reuters)
US Embassy: Beijing air quality is 'crazy bad' (AP)
China church to ordain bishop Vatican objects to (AP)
China banks to boost reserves amid inflation worries (AFP)
Instant view: China raises bank reserve requirements (Reuters)
China condemns Congress for security report (Reuters)
More problems for China's Foxconn over workers' pay (Reuters)
Positive dope test at Asian Games as taekwondo row grows (AFP)
Four more detained after Shanghai fire kills 58 (Reuters)
Ex China nuclear power boss given life sentence (AP)
Champagne with dim sum: China's wine rulebook takes shape (AFP)
Death toll rises to 58 in Shanghai fire (AFP)

China takes new step to rein in lending, inflation (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 02:20 PM PST

AP - China ordered its banks Friday to hold more money as reserves in a new move to curb lending and rising inflation that communist leaders worry might stir unrest.

China blasts US congressional report on currency (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 07:55 AM PST

AP - A U.S. congressional report that called on Washington to do more to force China to increase the value of its currency constitutes interference in Beijing's internal affairs, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Friday.

Woman may be 'first in China' persecuted over tweet (AFP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 07:15 AM PST

AFP - A Chinese woman sentenced to a year in a labour camp could be the first person in the country persecuted over a tweet, human rights groups said Friday, as Beijing tightens its grip on social media.

China raises bank reserves as inflation fight intensifies (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 06:30 AM PST

Reuters - China ordered lenders on Friday to lock up more of their money at the central bank for the second time in two weeks, stepping up its battle to pull excess cash out of the economy before inflation has a chance to take off.

US Embassy: Beijing air quality is 'crazy bad' (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 05:05 AM PST

AP - Pollution in Beijing was so bad Friday the U.S. Embassy, which has been independently monitoring air quality, ran out of conventional adjectives to describe it, at one point saying it was "crazy bad."

China church to ordain bishop Vatican objects to (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 04:34 AM PST

AP - China's government-backed Catholic church will proceed with the ordination of a bishop who does not have the pope's approval, despite objections raised by the Vatican, a spokesman said Friday.

China banks to boost reserves amid inflation worries (AFP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 04:23 AM PST

AFP - China's central bank said on Friday it would raise the amount of money that lenders must keep in reserve as officials step up efforts to contain rising inflation and soaring housing costs.

Instant view: China raises bank reserve requirements (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 03:45 AM PST

Reuters - China's central bank said on Friday it will raise banks' reserve requirements for the second time in two weeks, stepping up its battle to rein in prices before inflation has a chance to take off.

China condemns Congress for security report (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 01:42 AM PST

Reuters - China's Foreign Ministry on Friday hit back at a report to Congress on China's military capabilities and economic policies, saying it distorted reality and was symptomatic of Cold War thinking.

More problems for China's Foxconn over workers' pay (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 01:06 AM PST

Reuters - Chinese electronics maker Foxconn, a key manufacturer of iPhones and iPads for Apple, has been hit by a new staff dispute, with employees saying they protested this week about pay and relocation plans.

Positive dope test at Asian Games as taekwondo row grows (AFP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 07:58 AM PST

AFP - The Asian Games was hit by its first positive drugs test on Friday as anger mounted over the controversial disqualification of a Taiwan taekwondo fighter.

Four more detained after Shanghai fire kills 58 (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 11:21 PM PST

Reuters - Chinese police detained four more suspects on Friday in connection with a fire that gutted a high-rise apartment in Shanghai on Monday killing 58 people, the Xinhua news agency reported on Friday.

Ex China nuclear power boss given life sentence (AP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 08:38 PM PST

AP - Chinese state media say the former head of the country's nuclear power program has been sentenced to life in prison for corruption.

Champagne with dim sum: China's wine rulebook takes shape (AFP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 07:32 PM PST

AFP - Hong Kong sommelier Zach Yu's job of picking the perfect wine for a dinner of steamed Golden Hairy Crab, cumin-scented lamb chops and a stir-fry of Wagyu beef, black truffles and pumpkin is no easy one.